Meyer and I have a bit in common because we’re both left-handed. I think it’s great that he seeks out that advice because he’s not too “cool” or too uncomfortable to ask for it.
BARRY ZITOThere’s a part of me that wants to go streak and run outside and jump around and go swim in the ocean and do everything. The other part of me wants to bear down and repeat this kind of performance next year and in the years to come.
More Barry Zito Quotes
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I was this 5-7 pudgy kid in high school… I wasn’t a popular kid. I was an outcast.
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I’m OK being the veteran, but I’m still just a kid.
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I do look forward to keeping in touch with the guys because we’ll always be connected in people’s minds.
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I view my pitching on how confident I was out there, period. And if I lose that confidence, I can become a prisoner of my own mind.
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When I’m doing well, it’s like I’m in a nice little ballet. Everything is going slow all around me. It’s very peaceful.
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I refuse to be molded into some stereotypical ballplayer that has no interests, really, no life, no depth, no intelligence.
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I looked up to my father when I was 7 and 8. I believed it was my calling to be in the big leagues. I’d been raised by a family that always told me I could do anything I wanted.
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I think in the bullpen you can tell during your warmups, if you have a good feel for it. But anything can happen once you get into a game. Sometimes you just wind up throwing it better than ever before one day without knowing why.
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It’s not like I’m some kind of veteran and there is this huge age gap. I identify with them more off the field.
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I think I’m aware of what goes on in my mind more than some guys, and for that reason I fight more battles.
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The only person who ever stops me from achieving something is me.
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I hadn’t focused on mechanics since I signed professionally.
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I’m not trying to be cocky, but I set such a high standard for myself. I’m not happy when I pitch seven innings and give up two runs and get a win.
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We’re all physical bodies, but basically everything we do is determined by what goes on in our heads.
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I just write mechanical things.
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